John N. A. Griswold House

John N. A. Griswold House

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name = John N. A. Griswold House
nrhp_type = nhl


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location= 76 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 29
lat_seconds = 9
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 18
long_seconds = 32
long_direction = W
locmapin = Rhode Island
nearest_city =
area = 2.41 acres
built = 1864
architect= Richard Morris Hunt
architecture = American Stick Style
designated= May 16, 2000cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=959696811&ResourceType=Building
title=John N. A. Griswold House |accessdate=2008-05-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = November 05, 1971cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
established =
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum = 71000023
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governing_body =Private (Newport Art Association)
The John N. A. Griswold House, also known as the Newport Art Museum and Art Association, on 76 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island is home to the Newport Art Museum and is a National Historic Landmark. The home was built in 1864 by Richard Morris Hunt for John Griswold, an Old China Trade merchant. The house is one of the earliest American Stick Style buildings and one of Hunt's first works in Newport. The house is an official project of Save America’s Treasures and contains a large art gallery.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/71000023.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: John N. A. Griswold House / Newport Art Museum and Art Association] |32 KB|date=January, 2000 |author=Leslie Donovan and Carolyn Pitts |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/71000023.pdf "Accompanying 10 photos, exterior and interior, from 1969, 1999, and undated"] |32 KB]

References and external links

* [http://www.newportartmuseum.org/pages/about.cfm Newport Art Museum Building information]


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